THE number of people using cocaine is increasing as the price of the Class A drug plummets.

Cocaine is now half the price it was 10 years ago according to Home Office figures and rocks of crack cocaine can cost anything from UKP5 to UKP25.

Inspector Andy Ross, from Warrington Central NPU, said: "Cocaine is currently the drug of choice because the price is so low.

"I think it would be pretty naive to think there were no drugs in some of the pubs in Warrington but we are reliant on members of the public to tell us when and where people are dealing drugs.

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